A simple internal audit schedule which allows you to plan and track intenral audits across a year, with a key to mark planned and completed audits.

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Further Reading

Further guidance on internal audit planning:

• ISO 9001 Clause 9.2 - Internal Audit
• Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
• ISO 9001 Clause 9.3 - Management Review

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Internal Audit Schedule Template

An internal audit schedule for planning your audits across the year - a grid of the areas, activities and checklists to be audited against each month, marked as scheduled and then completed. It gives you the audit programme at a glance and shows nothing has been missed.

ISO 9001 requires internal audits to be run at planned intervals on a programme that considers the importance of the areas concerned (clause 9.2). This schedule is that programme - a simple, visual plan of what gets audited and when.

Built for a Planned Audit Programme

The schedule captures what an audit programme needs, supporting clause 9.2:

• The areas, activities and checklists to be audited
• The month each audit is scheduled for
• A mark for scheduled and the auditor's initials for completed
• A full-year view that shows coverage and gaps at a glance

What's Included in this Internal Audit Schedule

The form is set out as a single planning grid:

• Period - the period the schedule covers
• Audit grid - areas, activities and checklists down the side, and the twelve months across the top
• Key - X for scheduled, auditor initials for completed

Who Needs an Internal Audit Schedule?

Any organisation running internal audits needs a schedule that plans them across the year. It suits internal auditors and management-system leads, and is a core part of the audit programme expected under ISO 9001 and every ISO management system.